Hosptial Stays

Winsley had an unexpected hospital visit again.  She had been projectile vomiting every other day for a few weeks.  I just thought I was over feeding her or possibly colic.  My mom and I noticed her stomach was protruding out of her body and was hard as rock in the days before we took her in.  We described it looking like there was a hockey buck under her belly button.  It was extremely distended and looked really painful.  I decided Thursday night that if things worsened we would take her into her pediatrician.  Friday morning around 1:30am she started to just spit up everything she would eat multiple times instead of once in a while.  Then it started to turn yellow and that was the last straw for me.  We called our doctor and set up an appointment for that afternoon.  Her pediatrician took a quick look and told us to not waste time and just head straight to the ER. Three hours later Winsley was in surgery.  To summarize, her bladder was getting pinched off and and she was unable to pee.  It's alot more complicated than that, but that's the quick version! Her surgeon is amazing and we trust him lot, so as much as we hate her going through this we are happy we get to work with him.  She had two surgeries over the weekend and will have more over the next year or so.

It is overwhelming and I've sobbed and sobbed over what the future will hold for Winsley.  I think I've mastered putting on the "I'm handling this well!" front about the whole thing but I've had major break downs.  It's hard not knowing where the end of the tunnel will be!  I know her conditions could be much worse and she is healthy, considering everything, but I try to remember it's okay to cry and be sad from time to time.  Everday and every doctors visit holds something new, but I am so grateful for those times when she stares right at me and coo's or when she smiles really big in her sleep.  The best thing is that we're home together and are enjoying this as much as we possibly can before our next visit to the hospital!